Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Quebec explained

Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates:46.3667°N -111°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Chaudière-Appalaches
Subdivision Type3:RCM
Subdivision Name3:Beauce-Centre
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:July 1, 1855
Named For:Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis and Cranborne, England
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:André Labbé
Leader Title1:Federal riding
Leader Name1:Beauce
Leader Title2:Prov. riding
Leader Name2:Beauce-Nord
Area Total Km2:130.50
Area Land Km2:130.61
Population Total:1407
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:10.8
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 2.4%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:604
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:Postal code(s)
Postal Code:G0S 3A0
Area Code:418 and 581
Blank Name:Highways
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Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is a municipality in Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,407 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The municipality's name honours Reverend Pierre-François-Xavier-Odilon-Marie-Alphonse Paradis, the first priest of Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, while "Cranbourne" comes from Cranborne, a village in East Dorset, England.

Geography

Dominating the eastern plateau of the Chaudière valley and bounded to the northeast by Lac-Etchemin, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne offers an exceptional view and panorama. Benefiting from a unique geographical location, in the immediate vicinity of Highway 73 and the urban core of Beauce, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne has been the scene of major residential and industrial development since 1990.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 130.61km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec . . February 9, 2022 . August 29, 2022.
  2. News: Death of The Most Reverend François Thibodeau, C.J.M. . . 2023-07-04 . 2023-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230724034149/https://www.cccb.ca/announcement/death-of-the-most-reverend-francois-thibodeau-c-j-m/ . 2023-07-24 . live.